''Frontline'' is the fourth studio album by the Australian folk-rock group
Redgum
Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and Ch ...
. It was the last album that
John Schumann
John Lewis Schumann (born 18 May 1953) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. He is best known as the lead singer for the folk group Redgum, with their chart-topping hit " I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)", a s ...
performed on before he left the group at the end of 1985.
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Track listing
Personnel
The Band
* Michael Atkinson – vocals, guitar
* Hugh McDonald – acoustic and electric guitars, violin, vocals
* John Schumann
John Lewis Schumann (born 18 May 1953) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. He is best known as the lead singer for the folk group Redgum, with their chart-topping hit " I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green)", a s ...
– vocals, acoustic guitar
* Verity Truman – saxophone, flute, vocals
* Stephen Cooney - bass, didgeridoo, guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
* Brian Czempinski - drums
* Michael Spicer - piano, keyboards
Guests
* Mick O'Connor - Hammond organ
* Michael Harris - violin
* Dobe Newton
Dobe Newton OAM (born 14 July 1948) is an Australian musician and member of folk and country music group the Bushwackers from 1973. He co-wrote the patriotic song " I Am Australian" in 1987 with Bruce Woodley. For his service to the performi ...
- lagerphone
* Wilbur Wilde
Wilbur Wilde (born Nicholas Robert Aitken on 5 October 1955) is an Australian saxophonist, television personality and radio presenter. He is best known for his work on '' Hey Hey It's Saturday''. He rose to prominence with the bands Ol' 55 and ...
- saxophone
* Bill Harrower - saxophone, alto flute
* Trevor Lucas
Trevor George Lucas (25 December 1943 – 4 February 1989) was an Australian folk singer, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. He mainly worked as a singer-songwriter and guitarist but also produced many albums ...
- guitar
* Greg Sheehan - percussion
* Tim Fetters - trumpet
Technical
* Trevor Lucas
Trevor George Lucas (25 December 1943 – 4 February 1989) was an Australian folk singer, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. He mainly worked as a singer-songwriter and guitarist but also produced many albums ...
- producer
* Tony Buettel - engineer
* Richmond Recorders - recording studio
* Music Farm Studios - mixing studio
Design
* A&L Barnum Graphic Design, CBS Art Studio - artwork
* Ron Bell, The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
- front cover photography
* The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
, Peter Dombrovskis
Peter Dombrovskis ( lv, Pēteris Dombrovskis; 2 March 194528 March 1996) was an Australian photographer, known for his Tasmanian scenes. In 2003, he was posthumously inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame, the first Australia ...
, Greg Noakes - back cover photography
* Stuart Fox - insert photography
Charts
References
1984 albums
Redgum albums
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